built a hobo stove....

skinz0021

skinz0021

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decided to build a hobo stove to try out this weekend. thinking steak and taters friday night...

one-gallon green bean can
one- wire coat hanger

here it is...
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Nice! Be sure to take some pics when you use it.

Can't wait to hear how it works!

Well done. :thumbup:
 
Lets hope this time you dont get super drunk and jack up your hest and then pass out in you drive way again. :)
 
I call BS, hobo's go wireless :D


what's the fuel here, charcoal, twigs? can the can take the heat long enough to do a steak well, can it?
 
Great Job,I enjoy ho-bo'n
I was going to do that but every 1 gallon bean can I opened had a white coating on the inside ?
 
I was curious about that ..one g00gle search later and it seems that most cans have an interior lining due to the acidity of the foods inside, to protect the can basically.. some manufacturers color it white, some don't...sounds safe to eat to me :barf:

texastonydobbs said:
Great Job,I enjoy ho-bo'n
I was going to do that but every 1 gallon bean can I opened had a white coating on the inside ?
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missed said:
Lets hope this time you dont get super drunk and jack up your hest and then pass out in you drive way again. :)
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yeah and hope sasquatch doesnt show up either. that led to the jager binge.
tonight i think ill take it easy and just drink beer, have to work in the am.

as far as the coating i have burned some coal and paper to get rid of it, plan on using charcoal and letting it burn awhile and if i have doubts ill just wrap it in foil or fire up the propane grill.
 
Well I don't think you barbecue over a hobo stove so you'd have a frying pan on top of it. Regardless, just get one good newspaper fed fire going in there and that coating will all burn off. It is plastic so it'll either burn or melt. Repeat maybe once and you'll be down to bare steel. There's varnish on the coat hangers too (if those are coat hangers) and that'll burn off as well.

I'd be more worried about what my fuel would do to my food than any coating (after an initial burnoff). Paper has all kinds of stuff in it and you absolutely need to make sure any scrap wood from an urban settting was not pressure treated or creasote treated. The smoke from that'll kill you! Regular old sticks of course are good to go and will be plentiful in all but the most "civilized" urban setting.
 
they are coat hangers and i am just using coal.

i added the wire across because i have small pot and lid in my backpack that i can cook in and it is smaller diameter than the can. i did not want it right on the coals.

the idea behind this is for keeping in my truck tool box. then i can always have a way to cook, even if it is just warming up soup. then i will not have to worry about starting a big fire and waiting for it to burn out.

fuel is easy to find or i can carry a dozen charcoal bricks that should last awhile.
 
nope i used a dremel.

i took a broken pallet home last time i grilled and turned the pallet into fire wood (with the hest) for the fire pit and hit a few nails. missed was there as well as a few other people. there was whisky, beer and my favorite..jager..then i woke up at sun up in my lawn chair.

good times.....
 
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Nokoff said:
I was curious about that ..one g00gle search later and it seems that most cans have an interior lining due to the acidity of the foods inside, to protect the can basically.. some manufacturers color it white, some don't...sounds safe to eat to me :barf:
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but the white paint portion liner may not be good after you have it over an open fire ?
 
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